Re: re-exec init

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu wrote:
> [1] The single most puzzling to me is this (in daemon.log and in
> syslog): 
> 
>         Sep  1 23:03:26 debian init: Trying to re-exec init
> 
> I thought init was run only at boot time and when changing
> run-levels. What could bring about an attempt to restart it when the
> system is up but idling? Is this terminally strange, or have I
> misunderstood something?

libc arranges for init to restart when it is upgraded.

r u tell init  to  re-execute  itself  (preserving  the
              state).   No   re-examining  of  /etc/inittab  file
              happens.  Run  level  should  be  one  of  Ss12345,
              otherwise request would be silently ignored.

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